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Zeroy at 09:23, 21 March 2012

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	* Ok, start up Maya, and you should see a Call Of Duty 4 menu at the top. Open my example weapon, and then save it as a Maya file in a folder called Cod5\model_export\maya_ex. Maya_ex is the name of your model for now, it can be anything as long as there are no spaces in the name. You can save the actual Maya file under any filename. Also, copy the textures out of my example file into the same folder you saved this into.		* Ok, start up Maya, and you should see a Call Of Duty 4 menu at the top. Open my example weapon, and then save it as a Maya file in a folder called Cod5\model_export\maya_ex. Maya_ex is the name of your model for now, it can be anything as long as there are no spaces in the name. You can save the actual Maya file under any filename. Also, copy the textures out of my example file into the same folder you saved this into.

	* To view and edit the texturing in this model, you need to use Hypershade. In Maya, go to {{Color\|Window > Rendering Editors > Hypershade\|~~yellow~~}}. You will be presented with a dialog box which shows you the textures in use along with some other stuff. In the top dark section, you should see four textures. The one called {{Color\|'demo_wep_skin'\|orange}} is the one we're interested in, the other three are there by default and you cannot remove them. You may have to re-locate the actual .tga texture which is being used, so double click on the demo_wep_skin, and you should see the main right hand side panel change in Maya. There should be a 'file1' tab there now, click on it. About halfway down this new page, you should see 'Image name'. Click on the folder icon to browse to the skin image, demo_weapon_skin.tga, and open it.		* To view and edit the texturing in this model, you need to use Hypershade. In Maya, go to {{Color\|Window > Rendering Editors > Hypershade\|blue}}. You will be presented with a dialog box which shows you the textures in use along with some other stuff. In the top dark section, you should see four textures. The one called {{Color\|'demo_wep_skin'\|orange}} is the one we're interested in, the other three are there by default and you cannot remove them. You may have to re-locate the actual .tga texture which is being used, so double click on the demo_wep_skin, and you should see the main right hand side panel change in Maya. There should be a 'file1' tab there now, click on it. About halfway down this new page, you should see 'Image name'. Click on the folder icon to browse to the skin image, demo_weapon_skin.tga, and open it.

	* There is one step that you need to do for each model that you export, otherwise they will appear totally black in Radiant and the game. Go to {{Color\|Edit > Select All\|~~yellow~~}}, and then to {{Color\|Color > Apply color\|~~yellow~~}}, but don't click on the menu button; click the small box to the right of it. In the {{Color\|'Color Value'\|orange}} frame, click on the coloured box, and select a full white colour from the colour selector that comes up. Click {{Color\|'Apply color'\|orange}}, and you should see your model become marginally brighter in the 3D window. You need to do this for every new model, or again if you add geometry to an existing model.		* There is one step that you need to do for each model that you export, otherwise they will appear totally black in Radiant and the game. Go to {{Color\|Edit > Select All\|blue}}, and then to {{Color\|Color > Apply color\|blue}}, but don't click on the menu button; click the small box to the right of it. In the {{Color\|'Color Value'\|orange}} frame, click on the coloured box, and select a full white colour from the colour selector that comes up. Click {{Color\|'Apply color'\|orange}}, and you should see your model become marginally brighter in the 3D window. You need to do this for every new model, or again if you add geometry to an existing model.

	* This model has already been rigged with the correct joints needed to work as a weapon in Cod4, so, navigate to the Call Of Duty 4 menu, and click on Model Exporter. When the dialog box comes up, click on the 'Add new Entry' button. Tick the checkbox called 'Entry1', and then choose where you will export your model. This should be in the same folder as your Maya model, and should have a similar (if not the same) name.		* This model has already been rigged with the correct joints needed to work as a weapon in Cod4, so, navigate to the Call Of Duty 4 menu, and click on Model Exporter. When the dialog box comes up, click on the 'Add new Entry' button. Tick the checkbox called 'Entry1', and then choose where you will export your model. This should be in the same folder as your Maya model, and should have a similar (if not the same) name.

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	*If you only edit a stock weaponfile, you don't need to worry about precaching it. However, if it's not stock, you need to add a line in your mod scripts: PrecacheItem("weaponfile_name");		*If you only edit a stock weaponfile, you don't need to worry about precaching it. However, if it's not stock, you need to add a line in your mod scripts: PrecacheItem("weaponfile_name");

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Zeroy at 11:19, 31 January 2012

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	{{Note\|This tutorial will show you the basics of importing a new weapon model into Cod4. Below is my example, which you will hopefully be able to use.}}		{{Note\|This tutorial will show you the basics of importing a new weapon model into Cod4. Below is my example, which you will hopefully be able to use.}}
	~~{{Warning_advanced}}~~

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Zeroy at 11:18, 31 January 2012

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	*If you only edit a stock weaponfile, you don't need to worry about precaching it. However, if it's not stock, you need to add a line in your mod scripts: PrecacheItem("weaponfile_name");		*If you only edit a stock weaponfile, you don't need to worry about precaching it. However, if it's not stock, you need to add a line in your mod scripts: PrecacheItem("weaponfile_name");

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CoDEmanX at 09:14, 19 July 2009

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	''By NovemberDobby''		''By NovemberDobby''

	~~[[Image:Nutshell.png]]~~ This tutorial will show you the basics of importing a new weapon model into Cod4. Below is my example, which you will hopefully be able to use.		{{Note\|This tutorial will show you the basics of importing a new weapon model into Cod4. Below is my example, which you will hopefully be able to use.}}
			{{Warning_advanced}}

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	*Maya 7.0 or 8.5 (not the Personal Learning Edition)		*Maya 7.0 or 8.5 (not the Personal Learning Edition)
			*Maya 8.0 requires a little hack (see below)
	*The Cod4\bin\maya folder from the mod tools		*The Cod4\bin\maya folder from the mod tools
	Texture(s) for your model: The dimensions have to be a power of two. (256256, 512*512, etc), and the file must be a .jpg, .tga, or .dds. TGA and DDS textures can both have alpha channels, and can both be natively edited using Paint.net. (www.getpaint.net)		Texture(s) for your model: The dimensions have to be a power of two. (256256, 512*512, etc), and the file must be a .jpg, .tga, or .dds. TGA and DDS textures can both have alpha channels, and can both be natively edited using Paint.net. (www.getpaint.net)
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	*It shows you how to export a rigid model from Maya, and get it into the game using Asset Manager. It also shows you the first two steps needed to set up Maya to use the plugins. As these two steps are necessary, I'll explain them here, courtesy of Infinity Ward's Wiki.		*It shows you how to export a rigid model from Maya, and get it into the game using Asset Manager. It also shows you the first two steps needed to set up Maya to use the plugins. As these two steps are necessary, I'll explain them here, courtesy of Infinity Ward's Wiki.


			== Maya 8.0 Fix ==

			You can use the Maya 8.5 plugins (xmodel, xanim) which come with the CoD4 Mod Tools, in Maya 8.0. Just open the two MLL files with a [http://mh-nexus.de/en/hxd/ hex-editor], do a text search for '850' and replace it with '800'.

			<pre>
			Change 850 (hex 38 35 30 )
			To --> 800 (hex 38 30 30 )

			Offsets:
			XAnimExport.mll - 0x2B10B
			XModelExport.mll - 0x350EC
			</pre>

			850 is the version number v8.50, the Maya version the plugins are designed for. Maya v8.00 won't accept them, but if you change the version requirement like described above it will load the plugins. The Maya scripting engines probably didn't change a lot, thus you shouldn't experience any problems with the hacked plugins.


	==MAYA Setup==		==MAYA Setup==

	Create a Maya.env file in: C:\Documents and Settings\\My Documents\maya\		Create a Maya.env file in: C:\Documents and Settings\My Documents\maya\
	and add the two lines below into it.		and add the two lines below into it.

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	Lastly, you need to extract the corret plugins for your version of Maya. Go to Cod4\bin\maya\tools, and open up either Maya7_plugins.zip or Maya8_plugins.zip. Extract the two files from that zip into the Cod4\bin\maya\tools folder.		Lastly, you need to extract the corret plugins for your version of Maya. Go to Cod4\bin\maya\tools, and open up either Maya7_plugins.zip or Maya8_plugins.zip. Extract the two files from that zip into the Cod4\bin\maya\tools folder.


	==In MAYA==		==In MAYA==
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	* Ok, start up Maya, and you should see a Call Of Duty 4 menu at the top. Open my example weapon, and then save it as a Maya file in a folder called Cod5\model_export\maya_ex. Maya_ex is the name of your model for now, it can be anything as long as there are no spaces in the name. You can save the actual Maya file under any filename. Also, copy the textures out of my example file into the same folder you saved this into.		* Ok, start up Maya, and you should see a Call Of Duty 4 menu at the top. Open my example weapon, and then save it as a Maya file in a folder called Cod5\model_export\maya_ex. Maya_ex is the name of your model for now, it can be anything as long as there are no spaces in the name. You can save the actual Maya file under any filename. Also, copy the textures out of my example file into the same folder you saved this into.

	* To view and edit the texturing in this model, you need to use Hypershade. In Maya, go to ~~<font color="yellow">~~Window > Rendering Editors > Hypershade~~</font>~~. You will be presented with a dialog box which shows you the textures in use along with some other stuff. In the top dark section, you should see four textures. The one called ~~<font color="orange">~~'demo_wep_skin'~~</font>~~ is the one we're interested in, the other three are there by default and you cannot remove them. You may have to re-locate the actual .tga texture which is being used, so double click on the demo_wep_skin, and you should see the main right hand side panel change in Maya. There should be a 'file1' tab there now, click on it. About halfway down this new page, you should see 'Image name'. Click on the folder icon to browse to the skin image, demo_weapon_skin.tga, and open it.		* To view and edit the texturing in this model, you need to use Hypershade. In Maya, go to {{Color\|Window > Rendering Editors > Hypershade\|yellow}}. You will be presented with a dialog box which shows you the textures in use along with some other stuff. In the top dark section, you should see four textures. The one called {{Color\|'demo_wep_skin'\|orange}} is the one we're interested in, the other three are there by default and you cannot remove them. You may have to re-locate the actual .tga texture which is being used, so double click on the demo_wep_skin, and you should see the main right hand side panel change in Maya. There should be a 'file1' tab there now, click on it. About halfway down this new page, you should see 'Image name'. Click on the folder icon to browse to the skin image, demo_weapon_skin.tga, and open it.

	* There is one step that you need to do for each model that you export, otherwise they will appear totally black in Radiant and the game. Go to ~~<font color="yellow">~~Edit > Select All~~</font>~~, and then to ~~<font color="yellow">~~Color > Apply color~~</font>~~, but don't click on the menu button; click the small box to the right of it. In the ~~<font color="orange">~~'Color Value'~~</font>~~ frame, click on the coloured box, and select a full white colour from the colour selector that comes up. Click ~~<font color="orange">~~'Apply color'~~</font>~~, and you should see your model become marginally brighter in the 3D window. You need to do this for every new model, or again if you add geometry to an existing model.		* There is one step that you need to do for each model that you export, otherwise they will appear totally black in Radiant and the game. Go to {{Color\|Edit > Select All\|yellow}}, and then to {{Color\|Color > Apply color\|yellow}}, but don't click on the menu button; click the small box to the right of it. In the {{Color\|'Color Value'\|orange}} frame, click on the coloured box, and select a full white colour from the colour selector that comes up. Click {{Color\|'Apply color'\|orange}}, and you should see your model become marginally brighter in the 3D window. You need to do this for every new model, or again if you add geometry to an existing model.

	* This model has already been rigged with the correct joints needed to work as a weapon in Cod4, so, navigate to the Call Of Duty 4 menu, and click on Model Exporter. When the dialog box comes up, click on the 'Add new Entry' button. Tick the checkbox called 'Entry1', and then choose where you will export your model. This should be in the same folder as your Maya model, and should have a similar (if not the same) name.		* This model has already been rigged with the correct joints needed to work as a weapon in Cod4, so, navigate to the Call Of Duty 4 menu, and click on Model Exporter. When the dialog box comes up, click on the 'Add new Entry' button. Tick the checkbox called 'Entry1', and then choose where you will export your model. This should be in the same folder as your Maya model, and should have a similar (if not the same) name.

	* Next, in Maya's menus, go to Edit>Select All. Back in the Cod4 dialog, click on Set Exports in Entry1. This has set the polygons and joints that you want to export to the Cod4 model, and it's very rare that you won't want to export everything.		* Next, in Maya's menus, go to Edit>Select All. Back in the Cod4 dialog, click on Set Exports in Entry1. This has set the polygons and joints that you want to export to the Cod4 model, and it's very rare that you won't want to export everything.


	==MAYA: Convert==		==MAYA: Convert==
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	''You sould now have a .xmodel_export file in your model's folder in Cod5\model_export. If you do, continue to the steps below.''		''You sould now have a .xmodel_export file in your model's folder in Cod5\model_export. If you do, continue to the steps below.''


	==Asset Manager==		==Asset Manager==
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	*If both your texture and your model have converted properly, you can now package them in your mod. I'm assuming you can use .csv files and know how to make a basic mod.ff. All of the textures must go in the mod's IWD, and if it doesn't have one, it needs one. The file structure is: IWD\images\, and the converted iwi images can be found in Cod4\raw\images.		*If both your texture and your model have converted properly, you can now package them in your mod. I'm assuming you can use .csv files and know how to make a basic mod.ff. All of the textures must go in the mod's IWD, and if it doesn't have one, it needs one. The file structure is: IWD\images\, and the converted iwi images can be found in Cod4\raw\images.


	==Creating the weapon's file==		==Creating the weapon's file==
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	~~[[Image~~:~~warning.png]]~~		{{Warning\|'''NOTES AND WARNINGS:'''}}
	*This is quite complicated, with a lot of things that can go wrong.		*This is quite complicated, with a lot of things that can go wrong.
	*There is no way to reverse the conversion; you can't get an xmodel_export from an xmodel file. You also can't re-import the xmodel_export into Maya, like in old versions of Cod, so don't lose the source!		*There is no way to reverse the conversion; you can't get an xmodel_export from an xmodel file. You also can't re-import the xmodel_export into Maya, like in old versions of Cod, so don't lose the source!

Zeroy at 10:47, 23 January 2009

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Zeroy at 10:47, 23 January 2009

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	''By NovemberDobby''		''By NovemberDobby''

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	==In MAYA==		==In MAYA==

	* Ok, start up Maya, and you should see a Call Of Duty 5 menu at the top. Open my example weapon, and then save it as a Maya file in a folder called Cod5\model_export\maya_ex. Maya_ex is the name of your model for now, it can be anything as long as there are no spaces in the name. You can save the actual Maya file under any filename. Also, copy the textures out of my example file into the same folder you saved this into.		* Ok, start up Maya, and you should see a Call Of Duty 4 menu at the top. Open my example weapon, and then save it as a Maya file in a folder called Cod5\model_export\maya_ex. Maya_ex is the name of your model for now, it can be anything as long as there are no spaces in the name. You can save the actual Maya file under any filename. Also, copy the textures out of my example file into the same folder you saved this into.

	* To view and edit the texturing in this model, you need to use Hypershade. In Maya, go to <font color="yellow">Window > Rendering Editors > Hypershade</font>. You will be presented with a dialog box which shows you the textures in use along with some other stuff. In the top dark section, you should see four textures. The one called <font color="orange">'demo_wep_skin'</font> is the one we're interested in, the other three are there by default and you cannot remove them. You may have to re-locate the actual .tga texture which is being used, so double click on the demo_wep_skin, and you should see the main right hand side panel change in Maya. There should be a 'file1' tab there now, click on it. About halfway down this new page, you should see 'Image name'. Click on the folder icon to browse to the skin image, demo_weapon_skin.tga, and open it.		* To view and edit the texturing in this model, you need to use Hypershade. In Maya, go to <font color="yellow">Window > Rendering Editors > Hypershade</font>. You will be presented with a dialog box which shows you the textures in use along with some other stuff. In the top dark section, you should see four textures. The one called <font color="orange">'demo_wep_skin'</font> is the one we're interested in, the other three are there by default and you cannot remove them. You may have to re-locate the actual .tga texture which is being used, so double click on the demo_wep_skin, and you should see the main right hand side panel change in Maya. There should be a 'file1' tab there now, click on it. About halfway down this new page, you should see 'Image name'. Click on the folder icon to browse to the skin image, demo_weapon_skin.tga, and open it.
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	* There is one step that you need to do for each model that you export, otherwise they will appear totally black in Radiant and the game. Go to <font color="yellow">Edit > Select All</font>, and then to <font color="yellow">Color > Apply color</font>, but don't click on the menu button; click the small box to the right of it. In the <font color="orange">'Color Value'</font> frame, click on the coloured box, and select a full white colour from the colour selector that comes up. Click <font color="orange">'Apply color'</font>, and you should see your model become marginally brighter in the 3D window. You need to do this for every new model, or again if you add geometry to an existing model.		* There is one step that you need to do for each model that you export, otherwise they will appear totally black in Radiant and the game. Go to <font color="yellow">Edit > Select All</font>, and then to <font color="yellow">Color > Apply color</font>, but don't click on the menu button; click the small box to the right of it. In the <font color="orange">'Color Value'</font> frame, click on the coloured box, and select a full white colour from the colour selector that comes up. Click <font color="orange">'Apply color'</font>, and you should see your model become marginally brighter in the 3D window. You need to do this for every new model, or again if you add geometry to an existing model.

	* This model has already been rigged with the correct joints needed to work as a weapon in ~~Cod5~~, so, navigate to the Call Of Duty 5 menu, and click on Model Exporter. When the dialog box comes up, click on the 'Add new Entry' button. Tick the checkbox called 'Entry1', and then choose where you will export your model. This should be in the same folder as your Maya model, and should have a similar (if not the same) name.		* This model has already been rigged with the correct joints needed to work as a weapon in Cod4, so, navigate to the Call Of Duty 4 menu, and click on Model Exporter. When the dialog box comes up, click on the 'Add new Entry' button. Tick the checkbox called 'Entry1', and then choose where you will export your model. This should be in the same folder as your Maya model, and should have a similar (if not the same) name.

	* Next, in Maya's menus, go to Edit>Select All. Back in the Cod4 dialog, click on Set Exports in Entry1. This has set the polygons and joints that you want to export to the Cod4 model, and it's very rare that you won't want to export everything.		* Next, in Maya's menus, go to Edit>Select All. Back in the Cod4 dialog, click on Set Exports in Entry1. This has set the polygons and joints that you want to export to the Cod4 model, and it's very rare that you won't want to export everything.